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The Remote, In Situ, and Synchrotron Studies for Science and Exploration (RIS4E) team, led by Professor Timothy Glotch of Stony Brook University, is one of nine nodes of NASA’s Solar System Exploration and Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). Our team will address key aspects of the science and exploration of airless bodies in the Solar System, which include the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and the moons of Mars.

The RIS4E team is composed of 24 PIs and Co-Is and 19 Collaborators with diverse backgrounds and strengths who will work as a cohesive unit to advance the goals of RIS4E and SSERVI. The team is led by PI Timothy Glotch at Stony Brook University and Deputy PI Darby Dyar at Mount Holyoke College. The PI and Deputy PI serve as the leads for Science Themes 1 and 4, respectively. The executive leadership committee for the RIS4E team is composed of the PI and Deputy PI, Science Theme 2 lead Jacob Bleacher, Science Theme 3 lead Martin Schoonen, Noah Petro, and E/PO lead Andrea Jones.

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Recognizing that science and exploration go hand in hand, NASA is transitioning its successful NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) to broaden its research base to other science and exploration destinations. SSERVI will continue to address basic and applied scientific questions fundamental to understanding the Moon, and will add investigations related to Near Earth Asteroids, the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and the near space environments of these target bodies.